Perhaps many of you have heard of writer Raymond Aron before, but I hadn’t until I picked up a collection of essays by Roger Kimball published in 2002 and entitled Lives of the Mind. Aron was the author of a … Continue reading →
Here’s a truly fascinating article on the subject of placebos. Commenter “Donna” brought it to attention in the thread on acupuncture, and it’s relevant to that subject and so much more. I don’t have time to do an in-depth piece … Continue reading →
Obama’s newer, kindler, gentler foreign policy approach comes up with a big fat zero.
Continue reading →This speaks for itself. Baron Hill is so arrogant it’s almost funny, and the last line is especially ironic:
Continue reading →I had previously heard something vague about the NY Times having lauded Fidel Castro when he first came to power, but I didn’t know the details. Most people are ignorant (as I was) of the story of Times reporter Herbert … Continue reading →
Here’s a little coda from Britain about the release of the Lockerbie bomber. The Brown government claims that Obama and Clinton had full knowledge of what Scotland was about to do re Al Megrahi and voiced no objection until the … Continue reading →
Labor Day is one of those holidays I ordinarily don’t think too much about, except as an excuse for a barbecue and a day off. It has bad associations for me because it always came around the time of the … Continue reading →
See Fausta for more on Honduras, much more. And this editorial by Monica Showalter at IBD is must-reading on the topic of US policy towards Honduras, the reaction of other nations, and the likely consequences. In a completely unrelated affair, … Continue reading →
When people worry and speculate about the possible dire consequences of the Obama presidency, one of the most heated disputes is about just how bad will it is likely to get. For example, as of now, this thread on the … Continue reading →
You may recall that I hurt my knee about two weeks ago. It was progressing, but in the wrong direction—day by day getting worse instead of better. Medicine didn’t offer me much (actually, it didn’t offer me anything), and there … Continue reading →
Obama cuts aid to Honduras in an attempt to blackmail the country into accepting Zelaya. Isn’t it interesting that our President comes down so hard on a country for merely attempting to assert its own constitution against a power grab … Continue reading →
I propose the use of the following term for the tendency to make excuses for our new President: Obama Arrangement Syndrome, or OAS. I picked up this felicitous phrase here, from commenter “Terry Gain,” who writes: …at least six months … Continue reading →